Statehouse shocker: Senate’s Number 2 Republican hanging it up

Sen. John McComish
Sen. John McComish

By Howard Fischer |Capitol Media Services/East Valley Tribune

Saying he’s had enough, the state Senate’s No. 2 Republican is calling it quits.

John McComish, who represents the Ahwatukee section of Phoenix and parts of Tempe, Chandler and Mesa, said this year is a good opportunity to run for justice of the peace in the Kyrene precinct. He said that job will provide him with more regular hours than the 10 years he has spent in the Legislature.

McComish also acknowledged he has been battered by the Tea Party elements of his own party, most recently for his decision to support Gov. Jan Brewer in her bid to expand the state’s Medicaid program using funds from the Affordable Care Act. He said that group has taken control of the party apparatus in Arizona, as evidenced by this weekend’s condemnation by GOP precinct committee workers to condemn U.S. Sen. John McCain for not hewing to party principles.

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